14.3.06

Poni started like this, with an idea of launching a netlabel through a compilation featuring the distinct artists we like and believe in. However, while requesting songs and chatting with our friends and artists, we ended up having more scheduled releases than confirmed songs for the compilation, therefore, it wasn't until this year that we were able to officially release this delayed compilation. And we're glad this happened. It was all for the best. We had more time to meet and find great artists.Ride Your Poni is the first volume of this series that will be released once a year. We're very much honored to feature all of these top-notch artists since our very first edition, most of them are not from Mexico, heck, they're not even from America. Ride Your Poni includes artists from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, USA, Venezuela, and Mexico. We admire them all and consider them our own favorite bands and projects. This is why we decided to show them to you in one single piece.

Spread the Poni among your crowd, it's a great compilation to listen to while driving back home from one of those rough and lonely days or knock-out parties. It's rocky, it's folky, yet ambienty, definitely a wild pony. A long journey of acoustic and electronic pop music, happy but subtle, confused and sad, just like our days at the Poni Republic.

All songs were compiled and selected by The Poni Republic from October 2005 to February 2006. Mastered at Lost Studio by Childs. Art work by Rogelio Vázquez.

All tracks are courtesy of their own authors and labels and were previously solicited to each of their owners or authors.

01) Taken from the debut album Bongo; courtesy of Cock Rock Disco. 02) Taken from the debut album All Clear; soon available through Poni Republic and Soundsister. 03) Taken from Dreaming In Trees; courtesy of the artist. 04) Exclusive track; courtesy of Ambulatore. 05) Taken from Brave You Free; courtesy of UTS,M!. 05) Taken from Aeropuerto; courtesy of La Superagencia. 07) Taken from Ruidemos; courtesy of the artist. 08) Unreleased track; courtesy of the band. 09) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 10) Taken from their demo; courtesy of the band. 11) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 12) Taken from The New World; courtesy of Static Discos. 13)Taken from the debut album I Learn Everything On TV; courtesy of Soundsister. 14)Taken from Music For Torching; courtesy of the band. 15)Taken from Untitled; courtesy of the artist. 16) Taken from All Things that Sparkle, Trick and Sting; courtesy of the band. 17) Exclusive track; courtesy of UTS,M!.

More information regarding the artists available at each link provided above.

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11.3.06

It doesn't matter what's your spot in the globe, if it's spring, summer or fall. Anois will trick winter upon your toes, or any season that makes you feel remotely cold.

Poni Republic couldn't be more proud to present Anois' debut EP, a folk guided chamber pop music record, beautifully crafted by intimate atmospheres and shivering whispers sung softly by a girl and a boy, as if they were memories of earlier conversations about uncertain destinies.

Let the music of Lars Kranholdt and Anne Bayer embrace, you and your loneliness, even if you're one of those who brats about being completely happy.

All songs written and produced by Anois. Guitar, vocals and programming by Lars Kranholdt. Additional vocals by Anne Bayer. Violin by Nastasja Ernst. Recorded up north Germany; 2005. Contact: pleasemutetoday.com.

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Oh, just when we thought it wasn't going to be an easy task finding good rock music, this modest and shy guy called Mark, was introduced to us through Soundsister. And his music was not only good, it was charming and exactly what we had been seeking for.

Mark Pantoja is from San Francisco, and only with the help of a studio drummer, his music, besides being beautifully crafted, is also intriguing, gentle and deeply cinematographic. American Chamber Music is what he calls it, and we can't say there's a better name for this unique vision of post-rock. All performed not by a sextet, but by Pantoja himself.

Untitled, is a mini-EP featuring two songs, a prologue and an epilogue that hasn't stopped playing in our iPods and computers since we first heard it. It's a small piece of rock music that grows within each play inside your heart.

Music by American Chamber Music. Recorded by Sonny Walker, Millenium Sound, San Francisco, CA. Guitars and keyboards by Mark Pantoja. Drums by Sonny Walker. Design by Nicolás Pradilla, photographs by Eric Gamboa. Contact: myspace.com/americanchambermusic

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.